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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR FIRST MEETING OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO,

[CALL TO ORDER]

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IT'S GOING TO BE AN AWESOME YEAR.

IT IS CURRENTLY SEVEN P.M.

AND WE WILL CALL THIS FIRST MEETING OF THE TAMARAC COMMISSION TO ORDER.

IF YOU WOULD CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR GELIN.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS GOOD EVENING.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO GOOD EVENING AND MAYOR GOMEZ, GOOD EVENING.

IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORT, PLEASE.

[1. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, YOU WILL FIND A MEMO FROM US, FROM MY OFFICE, AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING INFORMAL OPINION FROM THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, INDICATING THAT THERE IS NOT A CONFLICT UNDER STATE LAW FOR A CITY EMPLOYEE, MS. TIBBY TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE NSP THREE PROGRAM, WHERE THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED DISTRESSED PROPERTIES, FIXED THEM UP AND THEN MADE THEM AVAILABLE TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.

MS. TIBBY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO BE QUALIFIED UNDER THAT PROGRAM.

IN A RANDOM DRAWING.

SHE WAS SELECTED TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF HER EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY, WE SOUGHT AND OBTAINED AN OPINION FROM THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, AS WELL AS AN INTERNAL OPINION AND ANALYSIS ON THE CITY CODE, AND WE'D ASKED FOR THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL A MOTION TO WAIVE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT MAY EXIST.

WE DON'T BELIEVE ONE DOES EXIST AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING AND ULTIMATELY BRINGING BEFORE YOU A PROPOSED CONTRACT WHERE THE CITY WOULD CONVEY THAT PROPERTY TO MS. BE ON MARKET RATE CONDITIONS AND MARKET RATE PRICE.

SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS MATTER.

MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.

DO I NEED PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO CORRECT.

CITY ATTORNEY, I DON'T BELIEVE.

I DON'T NEED PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

CORRECT? NO. SO YOU DON'T COMMENT.

I SEE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS LIGHT LIT, IS THAT FOR DISCUSSION OR FOR A VOTE? JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT IF I CAN.

I JUST WANT TO CITY MANAGER, JUST TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS A VERY FAIR PROCESS.

AND I BELIEVE YOU DID TELL ME THAT EVERY APPLICANT WAS IN ATTENDANCE WHEN THE NAME WAS DRAWN. MAYBE YOU CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT, FOR THE RECORD.

EVERY EVERY APPLICANT WAS INVITED TO BE THERE WHEN THE NAMES WERE DRAWN, SO THERE WERE.

SO, SO THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING IT, WE SAY BLIND DRAWING AND MS. TIBBY'S APPLICATION OR NAME WAS WITHIN IN WITH ALL THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD APPLIED. SHE WAS NOT, SHE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IN THE ACTUAL SELECTION PROCESS.

AGAIN, IT WAS DONE BY BLIND SELECTION, BY A CITY EMPLOYEE WHO WASN'T EVEN PART OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE TOOK EVERY STEP TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPER AND APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED NOT ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE, BUT ALSO THE GUIDELINES IN WHICH THIS NSP3 PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY.

AND SO WE HAVE DOTTED ALL THE I'S CROSSED, ALL THE T'S AND WENT THE EXTRA STEP OF SECURING AN ETHICS OPINION FROM THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, AS WELL AS DOING OUR OWN INTERNAL ANALYSIS AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LEVEL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS MS. TIBBY. WELL, NOW WE WILL CALL AN OFFICIAL VOTE, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER GELIN, YES.

OH VICE MAYOR, GELIN SORRY.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YES.

AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. TIBBY.

AND ALSO NOTHING FURTHER.

NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

DAY UNITY MARCH, SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH, HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE CONTINUED COVID RELATED ILLNESSES THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY.

AS FAR AS IT GOES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, THERE IS A NEW TRUCK FOR BULK.

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WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS ADVISED THAT THEY ARE TRANSITIONING THEIR FLEET AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO GRAPPLE TRUCKS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE ONLY ONE PERSON TO OPERATE.

THIS CHANGE WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF BULK SERVICE BY INCREASING PRODUCTION AND MAKING THE COLLECTION MORE EFFICIENT AND WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH STAFFING

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

ISSUES. IN ADDITION TO THE IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, IT ELIMINATES THE REQUIREMENT THAT RESIDENTS CUT, TIE AND BUNDLE LOOSE BULK.

THE PROPOSED DATE TO BEGIN USING THE NEW TRUCKS IS FEBRUARY 1ST.

AND LASTLY, JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW AGAIN ABOUT OUR TESTING SITE THAT THERE'S A DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE IN THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX AND IT OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM NINE A.M.

UNTIL FOUR P.M.

OR UNTIL CAPACITY IS REACHED.

UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ALL CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

AND HAPPY TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF CONGRATULATING OUR 2021 FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR WAS REQUESTED BY ACTING CHIEF MIKE ANNESE, AND IT'S OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR IS MR. JEFF BARRIOS.

SO PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] SO PLEASE FORGIVE IN THIS LITTLE COVID WORLD THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, AS YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NORMALLY ALL BE IN THE WELL WITH YOU AND WE'D BE HUGGING AND GIVING YOU HIGH FIVES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY IT.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT? OK. EXCUSE ME.

THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTING FIRE CHIEF MICHAEL ANNESE, WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE MEMBERS OF THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE NOMINATE THEIR PEERS TO BE NAMED TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

AND WHEREAS SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AWARD COMPRISED OF PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTER JASON BARRIOS WAS NOMINATED AND UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AS A 2021 TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR FOR HIS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, LOYALTY AND DEDICATION AS A MEMBER OF THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT SINCE JUNE OF 2003.

AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTER JASON BARRIOS HAS SET THE BAR HIGH IN TERMS OF HIS DEDICATION DURING HIS TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT TO THE LOGISTICS DIVISION BY IMPLEMENTING A MULTIFACETED PLAN TO RECOGNIZE THE WAREHOUSE AND IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFICIENCY AND INVENTORY PRACTICES. AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTER BARRIOS USED HIS FIELD EXPERIENCE TO ANALYZE CURRENT INVENTORY LEVELS AND ADJUSTED WHERE INVENTORY COULD BE REDUCED WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING IN AREAS OF NEED.

THE FINE TUNING ALLOWED FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING WASTE.

AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTER JASON BARRIOS IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A FIREFIGHTER WHO BRINGS GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF INTO THE TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MICHEL J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY COMMEND FIREFIGHTER JASON BARRIOS FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING SELECTED THE 2021 CITY OF TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR WONDERFUL TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE.

WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND IF YOU HAVE TO RUN OUT, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NOW WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR THAT, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO, TWENTY NINE OF THE CITY CODE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK AT CITY COMMISSIONER MEETINGS DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS OR AT A TIME TO BE SPECIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER DURING THE PERIOD SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER AGENDA, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

THE SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

IN ALL, REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE MAYOR AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL ADDRESS ONLY THE TOPIC BEING DISCUSSED.

DISRUPTIVE, BELLIGERENT OR ABUSIVE CONDUCT BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PROHIBITED AND SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED.

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ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO VIOLATES THE SECTION MAY BE INSTRUCTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO REMOVE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS OF THE CITY UPON HIS OR HER FAILURE TO DO SO.

A MEMBER OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHALL EJECT THE PERSON FROM THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS UPON INSTRUCTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO REFUSE TO LEAVE THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED THAT THEY STATE THEIR NAME AND AN ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, IN LIEU OF THEIR ADDRESS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY GIVE THEIR CITY OF RESIDENCE WITH REGARD TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

SECTION 2-34 STATES RECOGNITION SHALL BE GIVEN ONLY BY THE PRESIDING EXCUSE ME, PRESIDING OFFICER. UPON BEING RECOGNIZED, THE MEMBER MAY PROCEED.

NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION MAY FILIBUSTER AND MAY NOT SPEAK FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY, EXCEPT BY LEAVING THE CITY COMMISSION.

THE DECISION OF THE CITY COMMISSION IS FINAL.

GENERALLY, BRIEF PRESENTATIONS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS SHOULD NOT COUNT AGAINST THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMITATION.

A MEMBER MAY SPEAK A SECOND TIME ON ANY ONE QUESTION.

ONLY AFTER ALL, MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

GENERALLY, THIS IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.

THE MAYOR SHALL REGULATE THE DEBATE IN ANY MANNER, ANY OTHER MANNER THAT HE OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY, PROVIDED THE RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ARE RESPECTED.

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE RESERVED INSOFAR AS POSSIBLE FOR THE END OF THE PRESENTATION TO AVOID INTERRUPTING THE SPEAKER TO DISRUPTING THE TIMEKEEPING PROCESS AND DUPLICATING GROUNDS SPEAKER MAY COVER ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER AND SHOULD NOT BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER UNLESS THE MEMBER HAS MADE ABUSIVE, DEROGATORY OR RUDE REMARKS.

NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE LIMITED IN HIS OR HER DEBATE ON ANY ISSUE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN, UNLESS THE MEMBER ENGAGES AGAIN IN ABUSIVE, DEROGATORY OR RUDE COMMENTS.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL ACCORD THE UTMOST COURTESY TO EACH OTHER, TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND TO PUBLIC MEMBERS APPEARING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND SHALL REFRAIN AT ALL TIMES FROM RUDE AND DEROGATORY REMARKS, REFLECTIONS AS TO INTEGRITY, ABUSIVE COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS AS TO MOTIVES AND PERSONALITIES.

THE CITY MANAGER MAY SPEAK ON ANY MANNER IN WHICH HE OR SHE HAS INFORMATION FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN THE EVENT THAT THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER FAILS TO ACT, ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION MAY MOVE TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO ACT TO ENFORCE THE RULES AND THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE TIME SHALL REQUIRE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO ACT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FIRST PERSON IS DARCY SCHILLER.

NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

THREE MINUTES ARE ON THE CLOCK.

DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT TAMARAC, AS IT'S A NEW YEAR, I'M HOPING 2022 WILL BRING BETTER BEHAVIOR BY OUR COMMISSIONERS.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WENT AHEAD AND ASKED PARROTT FOR SOME KIND OF MONEY IN ORDER TO FUND A TURKEY GIVEAWAY OF SORTS.

AND JULIE FISHMAN, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THIS ORGANIZATION, HAD BLATANTLY SAID NO.

AND THEN WE FIND OUT THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE, I BELIEVE THAT PERSON'S NAME WAS GREG WARNER, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF PARKS AND RECREATION, GOT INVOLVED AND WAS EITHER STRONG ARM OR BULLIED. AND THEY DON'T TELL YOU ALL THE DETAILS IN THE PAPER AS TO HOW HE GOT INVOLVED.

BUT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THE COMMISSIONER GOT THE MONEY AND GOT A TON OF GIFT CARDS.

AND THEN THAT SAME COMMISSIONER WENT ON LINE, SOCIAL MEDIA BRAGGING TO A PERSON KNOCKS ON THEIR DOOR AND SAYS, BECAUSE YOU ARE A VALUED CONSTITUENT, HERE'S A PUBLIX CARD, A WALMART CARD AND A VERY HEAVY BAG OF GROCERIES.

AND YOU COULD SEE IT WAS HEAVY BECAUSE SHE BUNDLED OVER AND HE SAID, WELL, I COULD CARRY IT IN FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S VERY HEAVY.

I WOULD THINK THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS WOULD GO TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INDIGENT, NOT VALUABLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOT THAT SHE ISN'T VALUABLE, BUT WE HAVE HUNGRY CHILDREN OUT THERE AND THIS WAS HOLIDAY SEASON. THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAME COMMISSIONER TOOK EXCESSIVE OR EXCESS OF THESE GIFT CARDS, AND WE'RE HANDING THEM OUT IN ANOTHER CITY FROM OUR COMMISSIONER, FROM OUR CITY. AND IT WASN'T ALL THE COMMISSIONERS PEOPLE.

IT WAS TO THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONS CONSTITUENCY.

AND I'VE GOT SOME STRONG CONCERNS ABOUT ETHICS, ABOUT MORALS, VALUES AND THE LEGALITY AND THE STRONG ARMING OF GETTING A CITY EMPLOYEE INVOLVED.

SO VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK AND AGAIN, I REALIZE YOU CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT SOMETHING FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER AND ESPECIALLY THE ATTORNEY AT HAND, I HAVE TO WONDER, IS THE ATTORNEY WORKING AS THE CITY'S ATTORNEY TO PROTECT THE CITY AND ITS CONSTITUENTS? OR IS THE CITY'S ATTORNEY JOB TO EXCLUSIVELY PROTECT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING WHEN THEY DO EGREGIOUS AN IMMORAL, ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR?

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I REALIZE I CAN'T GET ANSWERS TO THIS, BUT WE'RE COMING INTO A NEW YEAR 2022 AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE SEE BETTER ACTIONS OUT OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CLEARLY BETTER ACTIONS OUT OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL MANAGE TO GET ALONG AND THAT WE HAVE A BETTER YEAR IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RON WASSERMAN.

RONALD J. WASSERMAN.

CAN I TOUCH THIS? GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS RONALD WASSERMAN.

I LIVE AT 8577 J DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, BY THE WAY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'D LIKE TO THANK MANY PEOPLE.

THEY'RE SITTING UP HERE TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US COME AND COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WHAT YOU DON'T DO.

THERE'S A LOT OF THAT. BUT I HAVE TO COME HERE IN THE NEW YEAR AND JUST THERE'VE BEEN MANY PEOPLE.

THAT HAVE HELPED US.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME JUST A FEW MOMENTS TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS MANY OF US.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT CANCER.

I RECEIVED AN EMAIL PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND SOMEONE SAID, WHAT IS SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CANCER? WELL, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN FEELINGS ABOUT THAT.

WHOEVER SENT THAT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT CANCER JUST BRIEFLY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR, COLON CANCER, IF I EVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE DOING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CANCER.

YOU COULD HAVE HIT ME IN THE HEAD.

SO I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU'RE 40 ABOVE MEN, WOMEN BE TESTED FOR COLON CANCER.

IT'S AN EASY TEST.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE OTHER THING.

AND YET LAST YEAR, FOR MANY OF US, IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.

MY OTHER HALF DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH GOT THE WORD THAT SHE HAD BREAST CANCER. SO AGAIN, I'M ASKING I'M BEGGING.

GET TESTED, LADIES, STAY ON IT.

GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS. SO NOW I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE MORE THING.

IT'S A SHAME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LEFT BECAUSE THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO FOR MY MS. SANDY. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR WHO WE HAVE REPRESENTING US, GRATEFUL.

I'M GRATEFUL.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AND SAY FIREMEN ARE WASTING OUR TIME AND THEY EXERCISE AND THEY HANG OUT ALL DAY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND FINALLY, I JUST LIKE TO ASK A FEW THINGS WHY DOES OUR CITY CONTINUE TO BE DIRTY, DEBRIS? DEBRIS IN A LOT OF PLACES I LIVE OFF THE SOUTH GATE FOR, MANY OF YOU TRAVEL THERE, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITY MANAGER FOR CONTACTING ME AND COMING TO SEE ME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. STUART WEBSTER.

STUART WEBSTER, VERSAILLES GARDENS.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF ON THE DAIS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

AS AN ASIDE, EVERY TIME I COME HERE, I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO DEAL WITH CHINESE WATER TORTURE. ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'LL ELABORATE.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ADDRESS WHAT I CONSIDER THREE MAJOR ISSUES RE VETERANS PARK, WHILE WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S A PASSIVE PARK.

BOTH THE DOG PARK AND THE PAVED EASTERN AREA IS EXTREMELY POPULAR AND OVERUSED, ESPECIALLY ON FARMER'S MARKET SUNDAYS.

I PROPOSE THAT IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO LOOK AT MOVING AND EXPANDING, EXPANDING THE VERY POPULAR DOG PARK A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS TO THE WEST.

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AND I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY FINANCIAL OR CODE CONSTRAINTS.

I PROPOSE THAT IT WOULD BE SIMPLY A MATTER OF MOVING, FENCING AND RECONFIGURING.

I ASKED THAT PARKS AND REC LOOK AT BETTER MAINTENANCE FOR THE RESTROOM BUILDING, WELL AT LEAST THE MEN'S SECTION IS ALWAYS EXTREMELY TIDY.

THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS LITERALLY FALLING APART.

WHOMEVER DESIGNED THE REST AREA TO THE WEST OF THE VETERANS PLAQUES DID AN EXTREMELY POOR JOB, WHILE THREE OR FOUR, WHILE THE THREE OR FOUR COVERED AREAS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE SHADED, THE OTHER TREES PROVIDE NO SHADE OR COMFORT FOR ANYTHING, NEITHER PEOPLE NOR CARS. I ASKED THE CITY TO REDESIGN THE ENTIRE AREA SO THAT BOTH COULD BE ACCOMMODATED MORE ATTRACTIVELY AND IDEALLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON SUNDAYS, NOW THAT THE FARMER'S MARKET HAS BEEN CATCHING ON, IT'S ALMOST A HORROR SHOW FOR PEOPLE TO PARK. AND THE VETERAN VENDORS TO OPERATE PROPERLY.

FORGET ABOUT BEING ABLE TO EAT COMFORTABLY, RELAX AND PERHAPS GO BACK AND BUY DESSERT.

I PROPOSE THAT ALL THREE ISSUES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO ADDRESS, AS THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES.

ALL THREE WOULD MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE TO THE COMFORT IN THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.

AND ONE OF THESE REASONS WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN VETERANS PARK IS BECAUSE I WALK ALONG THE CANAL TO TRY AND GET RID OF THE POSSIBILITY OF CARDIAC ARREST.

SO I GO THERE QUITE OFTEN.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POSE A SEPARATE.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THROUGH THE MAYOR TO AS A CITY MANAGER, A QUESTION ABOUT THE FREE COVID PACKETS.

IS THE CITY ITSELF INVOLVED IN HANDING OUT OF THE FREE PACKETS? WE ARE NOT BROWARD COUNTY IS DISTRIBUTING THEM THROUGH THE LAST I HEARD THROUGH THE LIBRARIES, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS STILL GOING ON BECAUSE THE SUPPLIES WERE RUNNING OUT VERY QUICKLY, BUT WE HAVE THE TESTING SITE AT TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX THAT'S FOR FREE.

WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, PLEASE MAY I RESPOND OK? YES. WELL, I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THE WHOLE CITY.

OK. WE BOTH WE ALL KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ON MONDAY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HAVING PARTICULAR GROUPS GIVE FREE TESTING.

I THINK THEY GET FOUR PER MONTH.

SO I WOULD INVITE THE CITY TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE PROMISE YOU WE'RE ON TOP OF IT THROUGH OUR COUNTY, THROUGH THE STATE, THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. OUR CITY AND YOUR WHOLE COMMISSION HERE IS VERY MUCH ON ACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE CAN GET, WE CAN GIVE OUT PROPERLY.

I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM, BUT I WOULD INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THE FINAL STEP GETTING IT INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS NEEDS A BETTER LEVEL OF PUBLICITY AS WELL, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE HANDING OUT AS WELL AS INFORMING.

THAT'S ALL. IT'S A CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT.

UNDERSTOOD. AND APPRECIATE IT.

OK, AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET MY THREE POINTS ABOUT THAT PARK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE CLAUDE ON HERE.

OK, WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING, CLAUDE.

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THEN, IS NOW OVER UNLESS THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. MY APOLOGIES. ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO. ON A MATTER THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE WILL THEN GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? THERE ARE NONE, MAYOR, THANK YOU, I WILL TAKE A MOTION OR A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YES.

VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5A, REGULAR AGENDA TR ONE THREE SEVEN

[5a. TR13716 - Tamarac Lakes 1&2 Water Main Improvement]

ONE SIX TAMARAC LAKES ONE AND TWO WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE, FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MA'AM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSION IS A RESOLUTION CITY, COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE EIGHT INCH TRASH PUMP FOR STORAGE

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FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UTILIZING THE AGREEMENT AWARDED BY THE FLORIDA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION CONTRACT FS A 20 E Q ONE EIGHT POINT ZERO SPECIFICATION NUMBER TWO, SEVEN SIX AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND 12 CENTS, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND 12 CENTS FROM THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, I NEED A MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC ACTING PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM IS JOINING US VIA TEAMS DUE TO COVID, SO PLEASE GIVE US A SECOND.

GOOD EVENING. WE HEAR YOU WE HEARD A SLIGHT GOOD EVENING.

I THINK THAT WAS. JUST TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MARK DAN INC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAMARAC LAKES ONE INTO WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH WE COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHERE WE INCREASE THE WATER MAINS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO MEET THE CURRENT STANDARDS, INSTALLED A DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANTS TO IMPROVE FIRE PROTECTION AND RELOCATED WATER METERS FROM BACKYARDS TO FRONT YARDS. PROJECT SUMMARY, THE EXISTING WATER MAINS WITHIN TAMARAC LAKES, ONE IN TWO ARE UNDERSIZED TWO INCHES, THRU SIX INCHES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.

SEVERAL MAINS AND WATER METERS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN REAR OF PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTIES.

PROJECT INCLUDES REPLACING AND OR RELOCATING EIGHT THOUSAND SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED LINEAR FEET OF WATER MAINS THROUGHOUT TAMARAC LAKES ONE AND TWO, AND THE NATURE PRESERVE THAT SEPARATES THESE PROPERTIES.

THE PROJECT ALSO REQUIRES WORKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO REROUTE WATER SERVICE LINES AND RELOCATE METERS FROM THE BACKYARDS TO THE FRONT YARDS.

PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICE STAFF RECEIVED SIGN ACCESS AGREEMENTS FROM 82 PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, WITH METERS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN BACKYARDS TO ALLOW CITY CONTRACTORS TO WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES TO RELOCATE METERS AND SERVICE LINES TO THE FRONT YARDS.

STAFF OFTEN WORKED AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS TO MEET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO OBTAIN THESE AGREEMENTS.

PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES ASPHALT MILLING AND RESURFACING THROUGHOUT TAMARAC LAKES ONE AND TWO. AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANTS WILL BE ADDED TO IMPROVE FIRE PROTECTION. THIS IS LOCATION MAP OF TAMARAC LAKES ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC OFF A PROSPECT ROAD.

TAMARAC LAKES ONE IS TO THE EAST AND TAMARAC LAKES TWO IS TO THE WEST WITH THE CITY OWNED NATURE PRESERVE LOCATED BETWEEN THESE TWO COMMUNITIES.

THERE ARE A FEW BEFORE IN-PROGRESS AND AFTER PHOTOS OF TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH COMMUNITY PROJECT, WHICH AGAIN WAS COMPLETED IN 2020.

BOTTOM LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW EIGHT INCH PVC WATER MAIN BEING INSTALLED AND THE RESURFACING OPERATION TO THE RIGHT BOTTOM RIGHT.

AND ON THE TOP, WE HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS.

PROJECT BUDGET AND TIMELINE, THE CONTRACT PRICE FOR THIS PROJECT IS ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND TO SIXTY SEVEN.

THERE IS A PROJECT CONTINGENCY IN AMOUNT OF 10 PERCENT OF 10 PERCENT AND THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY SIX DOLLARS FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF TWO MILLION FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY FOUR.

PROJECT TIMELINE FINAL COMPLETION FOR THIS PROJECT IS TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.

AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO REREAD THE TITLE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER, I APOLOGIZE TO READ THE WRONG TITLE OF THE OR THE WRONG TITLE OF THE WRONG RESOLUTION. IT IS A RESOLUTION THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AWARDING BID NUMBER TWENTY ONE DASH ONE SEVEN B AND APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WITH DHADKAN INC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAMARAC LAKE SECTION ONE AND TWO WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SIX SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS A CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN

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THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS.

IT'S 10 PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT COST WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT COUNT FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF TWO MILLION, FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS, AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN A FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION ONE SIXTY SIX TO FORTY ONE TWO, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. SO MOVED AS RESTATED, THANK YOU.

AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO, DO YOU SECOND? TO SECOND? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER? SEEING ON PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DAY A CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU.

YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YES.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

AND VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO FIVE B, T R ONE THREE SEVEN ONE SEVEN AGREEMENT WITH

[5b. TR13717 - Agreement with Ronald L. Book for State Lobbying Services]

RONALD L.

BOOK FOR STATE LOBBYING SERVICES, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SAY RESOLUTION IN THE CITY OF COMMISSIONER, ISD CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER 19 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR LOBBYING SERVICES, EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR THROUGH JANUARY 25, 2023 TWENTY TWENTY THREE.

AND IT ADDED COST NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS PER YEAR, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR LOBBYING SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED, A MOTION IN A SECOND.

SO MOVED SECOND.

THANK YOU, AND WE SEE THAT OUR MR. BOOK IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, I ALSO SEE THAT MS. [INAUDIBLE] HAS JOINED US AT THE PODIUM.

THERE'S AVAILABILITY FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, SO I WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

IF THERE IS ANY SEEING GUNN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND.

SEEING, THAT THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.

I CAN MOVE THIS TO A VOTE UNLESS I HAVE A QUESTION.

OK, MR. RON, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO AS FAR AS LOBBYING AND RECEIVING FUNDS FROM THE STATE OR ON THE STATE LEVEL? THIS YEAR. WELL, I'LL COVER IT FURTHER IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN SIMPLY SAY TO YOU THAT I'M DOING THIS WILL BE MY 49TH REGULAR SESSION.

AND OVER THE FORTY NINE YEARS GOING BACK TO THE EARLY SEVENTIES, I HAVE NEVER FORGET, I HAVE NEVER. THE STATE HAS NEVER, NOT IN ITS HISTORY HAD MORE IN THE WAY OF RESERVES THAN THEY HAVE TODAY WHEN THEY FINISH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

LAST YEAR, THEY HAD NINE AND A HALF BILLION IN RESERVES.

IN THE MEANTIME, THEY EVERY ONE OF THE REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFERENCES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS.

THE PROJECTION.

AND THEN THE RECEIPTS HAVE EXCEEDED THE ESTIMATE BY FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION. IT HAS BEEN SO THEY ACTUALLY GOT PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 12 OR 13 BILLION DOLLARS IN RESERVES.

THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.

THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON LOCAL PROJECTS.

THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON MANY OTHER STATE NEEDS.

YOU HAVE SUBMITTED ONE PROJECT FOR CONSIDERATION AND THAT IS THE CAP TAMARAC COUPLE OF PARK 88 COMPATIBLE AND SMART PARK ENHANCEMENTS.

REMEMBER, YOU DO NOT HAVE A SENATOR, A SENATOR WHOSE LAST NAME COINCIDES WITH MY LAST NAME AGREED TO TAKE THE PROJECT WHEN RONALD TYPEKIT HER AND REPRESENTATIVE M4A HAS THE HOUSE PROJECT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS RECENTLY AS FOUR HOURS AGO, WE MET WITH THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE, AND I BELIEVE WE MADE OUR POINT EXTRAORDINARILY CLEAR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOUSE GETTING IT INTO PLAY IN THEIR

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FIRST BUDGET ROUND.

BECAUSE YOU ARE SENATOR LIZ KELLY SAYS IT, ALTHOUGH SENATOR BAUCUS PUT IT IN AND SHE WILL FIGHT AGGRESSIVELY FOR IT AND SO IS REPRESENT REPRESENTED BEFORE IT HAPPENS TO BE WELL-LIKED IN THE HOUSE AND I ANTICIPATE POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY.

WE WILL HAVE TO WORK THIS AGGRESSIVELY WITH THE GOVERNOR AFTERWARDS BECAUSE IT'S A PARK OUTSIDE OF THE FERTILE PROCESS, BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE CLOSE ENOUGH RELATIONSHIP WISE TO DO SO. AND SO I FEEL VERY GOOD, IN FACT, TO ASK THAT QUESTION IN ITS BROADEST SENSE.

LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR WAS IN LAKE COUNTY AND HE WAS SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS.

AND THIS WILL BE A SLIGHT PARAPHRASING OF WHAT HE SAID, BUT THE MEANING IS CLEAR.

THIS IS THE YEAR OF LOCAL PROJECTS, AND THAT IS VERBATIM.

THIS YEAR THERE WILL BE MORE LOCAL PROJECTS THAN WE'VE PROBABLY EVER HAD IN A BUDGET.

AND IF YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN'T GET SOMETHING FUNDED THIS YEAR'S LOCAL PROJECT.

THE SORT OF IMPLIED THEY SHOULD PROBABLY GO HOME AND RECONSIDER THEIR PLACE IN THE PROCESS, MEANING THAT THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS.

NOW LOOK, DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND.

THEY ARE GOING TO DO TEACHER PAY RAISES, TEACHER BONUSES.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ALL STATE EMPLOYEES ABOVE THE MINIMUM WAGE LEVEL, TRYING TO MOVE THEM TO THE $15 AN HOUR AS IT'S REQUIRED SHORTLY BY THE CONSTITUTION.

BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY PATROL PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. IT'S A BROAD ACROSS THE BOARD.

THERE ARE MANY STATE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY COMPENSATED AT AN HOURLY RATE LESS, AND THIS IS LIKE NO JOKE.

IT'S TRUE THEN PEOPLE FLIPPING HAMBURGERS AT YOUR LOCAL MCDONALD'S.

SO THEIR GOAL IS TO ENHANCE THAT DRAMATICALLY.

THEY WILL CLEARLY, I'LL SAVE SOME OF THIS FOR MY PRESENTATION.

BUT PRE-K TO 12 HIGHER ED AND THE LIKE WILL LIKE TO BE BENEFICIAL.

THE ENVIRONMENT WILL AS WELL.

SO I HOPE THAT BROADLY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NEVER BEEN A YEAR LIKE THIS. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SEEING, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YES.

AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW GO TO FIVE SEE TR ONE THREE SEVEN ONE NINE.

[5c. TR13719 - City of Tamarac 2022 State Legislative Agenda]

CITY OF TAMARAC, 2022 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE, FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC FLORIDA APPROVING THE CITY OF TAMARAC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 2022 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE BROWARD COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, I NEED A MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

SOME SECOND OH NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NOW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAURA [INAUDIBLE] WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, I AM ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND MY NAME IS LAURA [INAUDIBLE].

FOR THE RECORD, AS IS USUAL, EVERY YEAR WE ADOPT A STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT OUTLINES OUR CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

IT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES, WE SHARE WITH OUR WITH THE LEAGUES, WE SHARE WITH THE BROWARD DELEGATION AND OBVIOUSLY OUR LOBBYISTS.

AND IT ALSO SERVES AS A TOOL FOR YOU WHEN YOU GO TO TALLAHASSEE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS CITY. WHAT'S PRESENTED FOR YOU TODAY IS OBVIOUSLY A DRAFT FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE MISSED, WE WELCOME COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.

SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM? OH, SO. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE FROM JANUARY 11TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 26 THIS YEAR.

THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA REMAINS A COVID 19 RECOVERY.

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I THINK THERE'S GOOD WORK BEING DONE IN AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND TESTING, AND THE CITY IS TAKING ADVANTAGES OF THAT.

BUT IT REMAINS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO BOTH VACCINES AND TESTING. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE PANDEMIC AND ITS IMPACT. SO WE DO ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE ASSISTANCE TO TENANTS, LANDLORDS AND HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE IMPACTED AS WELL AS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES.

OH YES.

WE LOST HER.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YEAH, I HEAR YOU NOW.

OK, THANK YOU. YOU ARE.

OK, GREAT. THANK YOU, RON.

SO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES, PROVIDE THEM EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN EFFORTS TO ULTIMATELY PROVIDE FOR LONG TERM RECOVERY WITH LONG TERM IMPACT POSITIVE IMPACT.

JIM, MY CLICKER IS NOT WORKING.

THANK YOU. MUNICIPAL REVENUE PROTECTION REMAINS AN IMPORTANT ITEM ON OUR LIST, AS YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REVENUES ARE DIVERSIFIED.

SO WE DO RELY ON STATE SHARED REVENUES AND THE ABILITY TO RECOVER FEES FOR SERVICES IN ORDER TO NOT REALIZE ONLY ON AD VALOREM TAXES.

SO AS IN THE PAST, IT REMAINS A BIG, IMPORTANT SUBJECT FOR US.

THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS THAT WE'RE MONITORING ON A STATE LEVEL THAT MAY IMPACT THIS ABILITY FOR US TO CHARGE FEES THAT VALOREM TAXES OR GET SHARED REVENUES OR COST RECOVERY.

SO ONE OF THE BILLS ARE HOUSE BILL SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN AND SENATE BILL ELEVEN POINT NINETY FOUR. AND THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE THAT ANY REFERENDA RELATED TO TAXES, INCLUDING INCREASES IN MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM MILLAGE IN EXCESS OF SET LIMITS, WOULD BE HELD AT GENERAL ELECTION.

AND TYPICALLY WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DO IT AT GENERAL ELECTION ANYWAYS BECAUSE IT'D BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

BUT. YOU KNOW, THE LEAGUE OPPOSES THIS AS A AS A MANDATE AND RESTRICTING OUR ABILITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE IT AS A CHOICE THAT WE CHOOSE AS A PRUDENT OPTION FOR US VERSUS HAVING OUR OPTIONS LIMITED SHOULD WE AT ANY POINT NEED TO DO SO.

I MEAN, THE CITY IS OBVIOUSLY IN A GREAT FINANCIAL HEALTH SITUATION, SO I DON'T SEE IT BEING NEEDED AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BUT AGAIN, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LIMIT OURSELVES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO.

HOUSE BILL SIXTY NINETY THREE ACTUALLY PROPOSES REPEALING ANY REAL PROPERTY SALES OR USE TAXES, WHICH WOULD BE INCLUDED AS A PART OF OUR SHARED REVENUES.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER BILLS THAT WE'RE MONITORING.

SO ONE IS A HOUSE BILL, SEVENTY ONE AND SENATE BILL FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT.

IT WOULD CREATE A REDUCTION OF PROPERTY TAXES FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE UNINHABITABLE FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS DUE TO A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

SO WE'RE JUST MONITORING IT.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSING IT OR SUPPORTING IT.

AND THE SAME THING WITH SENATE BILLS 362 AND HOUSE BILL 401 WHICH WOULD PROVIDE EXEMPTION FOR FROM AD VALOREM TAXES FOR NONPROFIT HOMES FOR AGED INDIVIDUALS.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A NEW PRIORITY, WE CONTINUE TO CARE FOR FUNDING FOR RESILIENCY PROJECTS AND WATER FUNDING, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING PREVENTING ANY POLLUTION INTO OUR RUNNING INTO CANALS AND DRINKING WATER QUALITY, STORM WATER MITIGATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ONE NEW ITEM THAT WE ADDED TO THIS BROAD CATEGORY IS SEA WALLS.

WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF YOU CONCERNS AS YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT PRIVATE SEAWALLS. AND OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS NOT THE ENTITY THAT IS ABLE TO GO IN AND DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT SO WE WANTED TO ADVOCATE ON A STATE LEVEL FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE MECHANISM TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF FUNDING RELIEF OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO HELP THEM ADDRESS THEIR SEAWALLS. TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, IT'S, AS YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS FEEL THAT TRAFFIC

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CONGESTION IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES.

SO IN THIS ARENA, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS A SAFE FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT THAT OCCUR IN OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AN EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION FORMULA BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.

WE SUPPORT DEDICATED REVENUE OPTIONS FOR MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER AND MEDIUM SIZED MUNICIPALITIES LIKE OURS.

WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY INPUT AND COLLABORATION ON STATE PROJECTS THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

IN FACT, JUST TODAY, OUR CITY ENGINEER AND AS WE HAD A CALL WITH FDOT PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAWGRASS INTERCHANGE PROJECT ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY THAT WE WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING THE PLANS BECAUSE WE WANTED THAT AREA VERY NICELY LANDSCAPED AS IT'S A MAJOR ENTRYWAY TO OUR CITIES.

SO. AND THEY PROMISED US THAT THEY'LL KEEP US IN THE LOOP AND WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS WITH TRANSPORTATION TO WE'RE SUPPORTING A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AS YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE INITIALLY WANTED TO BE FUNDED BY THE SURTAX, BUT IT WAS DEEMED INELIGIBLE.

SO BUT THERE IS SOME MONEY I KNOW THAT'S TRICKLING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND PROBABLY THROUGH THE STATE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

AND FINALLY, FUNDING FOR REAL TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO TAKE OUR TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO A NEW LEVEL.

WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GREEN SPACE AND FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT GREEN SPACE.

THIS IS NOT NEW, SO I'M NOT GOING TO EXPAND MUCH ON THIS ONE.

AND AS THE MR. BOOK MENTIONED, WE DID SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADA COMPATIBLE PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND SMART PARK ELEMENTS AT CAPORELLA PARK FOR THIS YEAR'S APPROPRIATION REQUEST.

WE CONTINUE TO CARE ABOUT PROTECTION OF HOME RULES AND OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE BUSINESSES, OUR ABILITY TO ESTABLISH USERS, DETERMINE WHAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, AS WELL AS NEGOTIATE FEES FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC HIDEAWAYS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND AS WELL AS VACATION RENTAL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MONITOR BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT IMPACT QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO IN THIS ARENA, WE'RE MONITORING HOUSE BILL 403 AND SENATE BILL 280.

THIS BILL REQUIRES CITIES TO PREPARE BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENTS BEFORE WE CAN ADOPT ANY ORDINANCES, WHICH THE LEAGUE OPPOSES IT AS AN UNFUNDED MANDATES BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTRA STEP, EXTRA WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT SETS SOME VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE STATEMENTS.

IT REQUIRES THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUSPEND ITS ORDINANCE AS LONG AS SOON AS IT GETS CHALLENGED IN COURT.

AND THERE SOME MORE LEGALISTIC LANGUAGE ON THE SLIDE.

BUT BASICALLY, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ANYBODY TO BRING US TO COURT FOR OUR ORDINANCES.

UM'S HOUSE BILL, 569, AND SENATE BILL, 620, AGAIN, THEY ALLOW BUSINESSES TO MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST US, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND IF THEY FEEL THAT BUSINESS HAS THEIR BUSINESS HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY A LOCAL ORDINANCE BY 15 PERCENT OR MORE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.

SO IT YOU KNOW, THE EXEMPTIONS STATE OR FEDERAL MANDATES ARE EXEMPT AND EMERGENCY ORDINANCES ARE EXEMPT.

YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOUSE BILL OF 501 IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST SESSION THAT WOULD BASICALLY PREVENT US FROM HIRING PROFESSIONAL LOBBYISTS, AND IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW CITIES TO EMPLOY STAFF TO ENGAGE IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.

WE'RE MONITORING THE VACATION RENTAL BILL AS BILLS AS INDICATED ON THE SLIDE, SO IT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T CHANGE A LOT BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY PREEMPTED FROM LICENSING AND WE DO

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HAVE A REGISTRATION PROGRAM, BUT IT DOES ESTABLISH A FEE OF UP TO 50 PERCENT FOR THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

AND OUR CURRENT FEE IS $200 FOR ORIGINAL APPLICATION AND THEN 150 FOR RENEWAL BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO AND EFFORT AND COST MONEY FOR US TO HAVE OUR THIRD PARTY TO MONITOR THESE THINGS.

WE'RE MONITORING SO HOUSE BILL 6033 IS IT WOULD REPEAL ALL THE PREEMPTION RELATED TO VACATION RENTALS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A COMPANION BILL, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HOPE WE CAN HAVE FOR IT BEING SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 105 AND SENATE BILL 222, WHICH WOULD RESTORE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT SMOKING IN PUBLIC PARKS AND PUBLIC BEACHES. SO.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING.

AS BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BOARD STATE LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, ATTRACTION RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF BUSINESSES INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, BUT HELP WITH ATTRACTION RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF BUSINESSES.

WE ALSO CARE ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CREATING AND RETAINING JOBS THAT PAY A MINIMUM WAGE, NOT A MINIMUM WAGE, I'M SORRY A LIVING WAGE.

QUALITY EDUCATION IS AGAIN IS A BIG, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE ITEM THAT THAT OUR RESIDENTS CARE ABOUT. AND AGAIN, WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR POSITION THAT WE SUPPORT STATE AND AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS COMING TOGETHER AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING WELL. AND ALSO, AS YOU HEARD RON BOOK, TALK ABOUT TEACHER SALARIES AND BONUSES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING TO DO THIS YEAR, AND WE WANTED TO GET BEHIND THAT AS WELL AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO CAN HELP US IMPROVE THOSE SCHOOLS.

US SO, SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THE TEACHER SALARIES BILL.

YOU KNOW THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO USE AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THEIR STATE ALLOCATION SHARE TO RAISE THE MINIMUM BASE SALARY TO FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING SROS.

AND WE DIDN'T WANT JUST TO BE TELLING THE STATE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

WE WANTED TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR PASSING SENATE BILL TWENTY FIVE 12 LAST YEAR, WHICH ENDED THE SWEEPS OF THE SADOWSKI FUND, WHICH IS, AS YOU KNOW, LOCAL OF LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS.

AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU RECALL IN THE PAST, THOSE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY DECLINING.

AND THIS YEAR, OUR APPROPRIATION, OUR JUST OUR SHIP FUNDS WERE AT FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE SEEN IN A WHILE.

FINALLY, WE CONTINUE NOT FINAL YET.

ACTUALLY, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF WRONGFUL INCARCERATION AND THEIR COMPENSATION FOR THEM. AND IN THIS ARENA, WE WERE MONITORING HOUSE BILL 241, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY ONLY SAY THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CONCURRENTLY SERVING A SENTENCE FOR WHICH THEY'RE LAWFULLY CONVICTED WOULD BE INELIGIBLE.

AND IT ALSO EXTENDS THE FILING DEADLINE FOR PETITION.

WE ADDED THE NEW PRIORITY BASED ON THE CITY COMMISSION PRIORITIES AND DECISIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR, YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO INVESTING IN OUR EFFORTS TO FIGHT HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS YOU ADOPTED A BAN, THE BOX ORDINANCE TO CREATE PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN TERMS OF CITY EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS.

SO TOWARDS THAT END, WE ADDED THIS NEW CATEGORY FOR SUPPORT FOR STATE FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

UM, SECURITY IS A BIG ISSUE THAT EVERY WEEK IT SEEMS WE HEAR IN THE NEWS ABOUT GOVERNMENT OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND EVEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEING THEIR DATA, BEING HACKED AND ACCESSED. AND YOU KNOW, AND AND.

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THAT IN SOME INSTANCES IT'S REQUESTS FOR RANSOM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AND THIS IS A LEAGUE OF ONE OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES PRIORITIES, SO WE ADDED IT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS WELL TO SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT IMPROVE BOTH PHYSICAL SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

SO THESE ARE OUR BROAD TOPICS THAT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED BASED ON WHAT WE SUPPORTED IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN COMMISSION ACT ON THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR.

AND NEXT, I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE BILLS THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON. YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T FALL INTO ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE MONITORING THIS.

SO THIS THE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY BILL THAT THE LEAGUE OPPOSES AS UNFUNDED MANDATE.

IT WOULD INCREASE THE LIMITS OF HOW MUCH PEOPLE CAN SUE US FOR.

WE'RE MONITORING THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOU.

AND THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS THE RETURN BILL THAT DIDN'T PASS IN THE PAST WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO FILE A MORE DETAILED FORM SIX INSTEAD OF CURRENTLY REQUIRED FORM ONE SENATE BILL TWELVE SIXTY FOUR AD VALOREM TAXATION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PERIODIC INCREASES OF THE EXEMPTIONS ON HOMESTEADED PROPERTY.

AND SENATE BILL 674 WOULD SUSPEND THE PHYSICAL QUORUM REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES DURING THIS DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY, WHICH WOULD ENABLE YOU TO MEET VIRTUALLY INSTEAD OF IN PERSON IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.

SO WITH THAT, I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO THERE, IT SEEMED THAT OUR LOBBYISTS WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.

CAN WE UNMUTE HIM? HE'S ON MUTE. WELL, YOU'RE ON YOUR MUTED, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

HERE WE GO. YOU'RE GOOD.

SO I WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES.

THAT LAW IS COVERED, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR GIVING OUR FIRM, MYSELF AND RHONDA, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT YOU.

AND AND AS IMPORTANTLY, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY.

WE DO NOT TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY LIGHTLY.

I JUST WANT TO MOVE SO THAT RANA CAN BE SEEN.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE MANAGER AND LAURA HAVE DONE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY PUT THE ISSUES IN FRONT OF YOU THAT ARE ISSUES THAT ARE OF EITHER CONCERN TO POSE OR ISSUES OF SUPPORT.

LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE. SHE TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF PREEMPTION ISSUES.

THE FIRST ONE THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS AND THE GREATEST POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT WAS THE ONE RELATED TO LOCAL ORDINANCES, WHICH IS 440 AND 280.

LET'S BE CLEAR, THOSE BILLS SET UP A BRAND NEW CAUSE OF ACTION.

THEY GIVE TRIAL LAWYERS A FIELD DAY TO COME SUE THE CITIES, THE COUNTIES.

ANY TIME YOU ENACT AN ORDINANCE BILL REQUIRES A FISCAL ANALYSIS.

FISCAL IMPACT, AND IF YOU ADVERSELY IMPACT A BUSINESS BASED ON SOMETHING YOU WOULD ADOPT AND DO. YOU RUN THE RISK OF BEING SUED BY EVERY ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.

UM, IT'S A TERRIBLY BAD BILL.

YOU HEARD LAURA OUTLINE ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS, PUT THEM IN THE GARBAGE CAN.

THAT'S WHERE THEY BELONG.

THEY DO NOTHING TO HELP YOU.

PERIOD. IT IS OPEN FIELD DAY ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

ONE OF THE LAST ISSUES SHE TOUCHED ON SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, IT WOULD RAISE THE SOVEREIGN

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IMMUNITY LEVEL BY A MILLION DOLLARS PER CLAIM.

SO LET'S AGAIN, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LAWYERS FIELD DAY COMES THROUGH THE CITIES, COMES TO THE COUNTIES, I'VE D MILLION WOULD APPLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OBVIOUSLY SPECIAL DISTRICTS AS WELL.

THAT FRANKLY, WHERE I COME FROM, WHERE I WAS EDUCATED IN LAW SCHOOL.

I WROTE A LAW REVIEW ARTICLE BACK IN THE DAY ABOUT THE KING'S MONEY AND PROTECTING THE KING'S MONEY, THAT IS WHERE THE DOCTRINE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FIRST CAME FROM.

AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE WILL TELL YOU.

YOU CONTROL THE KING'S MONEY.

WHICH IS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY THAT IS ENTRUSTED TO YOU AS A FIDUCIARY.

AND THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THAT OUT IN CLAIMS. I AM EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO THE CLAIMS BILL PROCESS, WHICH IS GENERALLY WHAT COMES WITH A SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY RELATED ISSUE.

NO CLAIM FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OR A BAD INJURY IS A GOOD BILL.

THEY'RE ALL SAD.

THEY'RE ALL BAD.

SOMEBODY WAS INJURED.

SOMEBODY DIED AND THEY COME TO THE LEGISLATURE WHEN THERE'S BEEN A JURY AWARD ABOVE THE SOVEREIGN LEVEL.

THEY HAVE A DE NOVO TYPE HEARING IN FRONT OF A SPECIAL MASTER.

SPECIAL MASTER WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THE LEGISLATURE CAN AND SHOULD TAKE THAT OUT OF YOUR GENERAL REVENUES AT ANY LEVEL, UP TO WHATEVER THOSE SOVEREIGN NUMBERS ARE.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY PIERCE IT WITH A CLAIM.

SO THAT IF THEY WANTED TO GO ABOVE THE SOVEREIGN LEVEL, THEY HAVE AN AVENUE TO DO THAT NOW. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FREE PASS AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE.

IT IS A TERRIBLE BILL.

THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THAT LOCAL ORDINANCE BILL.

THERE'S THE CURRENT SENATE PRESIDENT'S VERSION, THERE'S THE INCOMING SENATE PRESIDENT'S VERSION. SIMPSON FOR PRESIDENT HAS GOMO FOR FUTURE PRESIDENT ASCENDING TO THE ROLE.

YOU'VE GOT TO HOPE THAT IF ONE OF THOSE BILLS PASSES, IT'S TO PASS A NORMAL VERSION AND NOT THE SIMPSON VERSION, PURE AND SIMPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, VACATION RENTALS.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THEM ANYMORE.

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND.

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND.

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND.

AND QUITE CANDIDLY, YOU CAN THANK ANOTHER CLIENT OF OURS, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

WHO HAS REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECOME THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE TARGETED AS HAVING THE MOST EGREGIOUS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED VACATION RENTAL BILL.

I MUST TELL YOU THAT ANY EFFORT T HAT IMPEDES YOUR OWN MORAL AUTHORITY.

ON ZONING AND LAND.

IS THE OPPOSITE, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PREACH ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH IS LESS GOVERNMENT.

LEAVE IT TO THE LOCAL LEVELS.

YEAH, THEY WANT TO REACH IN AND DIRECT.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT COMPLAINTS FROM EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE STREET WHERE SOMEBODY IS LEAST A PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY THAT DECIDES TO HAVE A PORNO SHOW.

BESIDES, TO HAVE SOME OTHER INTRUSIVE ACTIVITY IN A COMMUNITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOU? IT'S JUST ALL BAD ON THE TAX ABATEMENT BILLS, ON THE TAX RENTAL REAL PROPERTY ISSUE.

I WOULD SIMPLY SAY TO YOU THOSE BILLS, WHICH WERE EARLY IN GORE'S PRESENTATION.

ALL OF THOSE BILLS ARE IN PLAY, IN MY OPINION, THE ONE THAT IS NOT WAS THE FIVE, 68 AND SEVENTY ONE BILL, WHICH IS POLSKI IN THE SENATE, WOODSEN IN THE HOUSE.

THAT IS ALL ABOUT SURFSIDE.

AND I DO NOT BELIEVE, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S JUSTIFIED AND OUGHT TO HAPPEN.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL BEFORE WE'RE DONE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WILL GIVE EITHER OF THOSE LAWMAKERS GOING INTO A REDISTRICTING SPECIAL, GOING INTO A REDISTRICTING ELECTION CYCLE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ADVERTISE THAT

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THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THOSE KIND OF COMMENTS ON WHAT AND WHAT LAW ARE PRESENTED TO THIS POINT.

LET ME COVER, IF I CAN, A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES YOU SHOULD CLEARLY KNOW ABOUT.

NUMBER ONE, THE PREEMPTION BILLS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE, AFTER ALL, SESSION THAT WILL NOT ONLY BE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW. THERE WILL BE AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS.

WE WILL BE FIGHTING HOME RULE ALL SESSION LONG.

THE MOST IMPORTANT TWO ISSUES AND THE ONLY TWO ISSUES THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO DEAL WITH ARE REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH.

PASS THE BUDGET AND PASS THE REDISTRICTING PLANS FOR THE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND CONGRESS.

TOMORROW, THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT WILL PASS A SENATE MAP AND WILL LIKELY PASS A CONGRESSIONAL MAP.

THE SENATE MAP.

WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME VERY CONTENTIOUS WHEN IT WAS NOT.

THE COMMUNITY THAT GETS HURT WITH THE MAP THAT WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE TOMORROW OUT OF 67 COUNTIES.

IS THE ONE YOU LIVE IN, AND I LIVE IN, BROWARD COUNTY.

THEY TOOK THE SENATE DISTRICT IN AND IT'S CALLED MAP FORTY SIX AND THEY HAD FOUR MAPS TO PICK FROM. THEY WERE EITHER GOING TO USE FORTY SIX OR FIFTY.

AND UP UNTIL YESTERDAY, THE BELIEF WAS THEY WERE TAKING FIFTY.

THE PROBLEM WITH FORTY SIX.

AND THE REASON I'M GOING INTO IT IS IT AFFECTS YOU DIRECTLY.

WHAT THEY DID IN FORTY SIX.

THE CURRENT SENATE DISTRICT.

THAT. WAS PERRY THURSTON'S DISTRICT? AND NOW SHOULD BE AFTER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, BRAZILE'S GOOD SEAT.

IS THE NEW FOR THE MOMENT ONLY THE NEW 32.

THE REASON IT BECAME 32, THE NUMBERS, BY THE WAY, I'M ONLY USING FOR TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE NUMBERS BEING USED TODAY.

TOMORROW THEY WILL DRAW LOTTERY BALLS AND RENUMBER DISTRICTS.

ANYBODY WHO GETS ASSIGNED AN ODD NUMBER DISTRICT.

WE'LL GET INTO YOUR TERM.

NO WILL GET A FOUR YEAR TERM.

ANYBODY WHO GETS AN EVEN DISTRICT WILL GET A FOUR YEAR, WILL GET A TWO YEAR TERM.

20 SENATORS WILL GET IT A TWO.

20 SENATORS WILL GET A FOUR DONE BY LOTTERY.

SUPPOSEDLY VERY RANDOMLY, WE'LL SEE.

BUT WHAT THEY DID WITH THIRTY TWO.

IS THEY MADE 32 FOUR PERCENT LESS BLACK VOTER PERFORMANCE THEN MAP 50.

PURE AND SIMPLE THEY PLUCKED TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE THE AREA THAT SENATOR BOOK LIVES HERE TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE IN PLANTATION, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY MUCH WHITER COMMUNITY.

THEY TOOK THAT JUST TO USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE AND PUT IT OVER TO SENATOR HOPEFULLY ELECT ROSALIND OSGOOD DISTRICT, AND THEY TOOK BLACK AREAS AND SHIFTED THEM TO THE CURRENT THIRTY THREE, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY BECOME THE THIRTY TWO, IF YOU WERE TO TRANSPOSE THOSE DISTRICT NUMBERS BASED ON WHAT THE POPULATION IS.

QUITE HONESTLY, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN COMMITTEE TOMORROW.

I EXPECT SENATOR BRACY FROM ORLANDO TO FILE AN AMENDMENT TO SUBSTITUTE THE 50 MAP FOR THE FORTY SIX MAP, I EXPECT A VOTE ON PARTY LINES.

THEY WILL REJECT THAT AND THEY WILL ULTIMATELY ADVANCE TO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE.

FORTY SIX AND NOT 50.

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WHAT FORTY SIX DOES IS IT PICKS SENATOR JASON PIZZO, WHO DOES NOT CURRENTLY REPRESENT ANY OF BROWARD COUNTY AND PITS HIM AGAINST SENATOR FARMER THAT BECOMES THE EASTERN DISTRICT IN BROWARD. IT TAKES THE DISTRICT THAT SENATOR POLSKI FROM BOCA, WHICH DIPS DOWN CURRENTLY INTO PARKLAND, IT TAKES THAT DISTRICT AND SHIFTS MOST OF HER PALM BEACH, PART OF THE DISTRICT, DOWN INTO BROWARD.

IT BECOMES A BROWARD PICK UP SEAT, MORE CLEARLY THAT SENATE RACE WILL LIKELY SEE NEW KERRY COMMISSIONER, JARED MOSKOWITZ RUN AGAINST CURRENT SENATOR POLSKI IN A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THAT WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC HOLD.

IT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

WHAT I ANTICIPATE OCCURRING IF ALL THIS HAPPENS IS SENATOR BOOK WOULD MOVE TO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE OF WHERE SHE IS LIKELY SOUTH OF 595 AND WEST OF WHERE SHE LIVES NOW.

BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH ON PERFORMANCE, WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE FOUR PERCENT OF THE BLACK VOTING POPULATION, THAT WOULD HAVE AN INCENTIVE AT 50.

IT PROBABLY MAKES THAT SEAT WINNABLE BY A WHITE CANDIDATE AS OPPOSED TO A BLACK CANDIDATE, I WOULD ANTICIPATE.

AT SOME POINT RIGHT AFTER IT PASSES, I WOULD ASSUME THAT SOMEBODY, SOME GROUP.

MIRA, MAYBE A GROUP WITH THE ACRONYM AND W.A.S.P., MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE.

I WOULD EXPECT THEM.

LOT OF FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT LAWSUIT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY WILL FILE IN STATE COURT.

I BELIEVE IT'S A FEDERAL VIOLATION AS OPPOSED TO A DISTRICT VIOLATION, WHICH PUTS IT SQUARELY IN THE FEDERAL COURTS.

I THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN.

I THINK IT'S VERY HARD FOR SOMEONE TO JUSTIFY TAKING MAP FORTY SIX VERSUS 50 WHEN ALL IT DID, REALLY.

WAS ADJUST SOME POPULATIONS THAT MINIMIZES, IF YOU WILL, IN A WHAT IS NOT JUST A BLACK ACCESS SEAT A CLEAR BLACK SEAT? AND TRIED TO DIMINISH THAT VOTING POPULATION.

THE HOUSE IS FURTHER BEHIND THE SENATE IN PASSING THE MAP.

THEY'RE PROBABLY A WEEK FROM GETTING IT OUT OF COMMITTEE.

AND THAT COULD HAVE SOME TUSSLES IN IT AS WELL.

CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING IS ONE BIG MESS.

IT'S A MESS IN THE HOUSE AND IT'S A MESS IN THE SENATE.

REMEMBER THAT THE HOUSE CONTROLS THEIR MAP AND THE SENATE CONTROLS THEIR MAP, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND A WAY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING.

YOU CANNOT MOVE MUCH FORWARD IN THE PROCESS AND TO GET REDISTRICTING OFF THE TABLE, AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

AND BY THE WAY, YOU SEE ON MY TELEVISION MONITOR BEHIND ME, SENATOR JONES AND COMMITTEE EARLIER TODAY, I EXPECT SENATOR JONES TO JOIN SENATOR BRACY TOMORROW ON THE AMENDMENT TO MOVE MAP 50 IN PLACE OF FORTY SIX.

SO THAT'S HOW.

UM, I LOOK AT RESILIENCY, SEPTIC TO SEWER TO AGAIN BE A HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO SUSPEND THE GAS TAX IS A BILLION DOLLAR GIVE BACK TO TAXPAYERS IN THE FORM OF GAS TAX RELIEF.

I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A 50 50 CHANCE OF PASSING IT.

IT'S IF IT IS FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS. IT'S COMPLICATED, TO SAY THE LEAST.

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AND IT'S COMPLICATED FOR A LOT OF REASONS RELATED TO WHEN THE GAS IS ACTUALLY TAXED.

AND WHEN IT ULTIMATELY GETS INTO THE PUMPS AND EMPTYING THE PUMPS BEFORE THE EXEMPT GAS IS PUT IN IT, YOU COULD END UP IN JUNE.

IF THEY WERE TO PASS THIS, YOU COULD END UP WITH A GAS SHORTAGE FOR 30 DAYS IN JUNE.

ENVIRONMENT WILL GET A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT.

I ANTICIPATE NOT ONLY TEACHER PAY RAISES, BUT A PER PUPIL ALLOCATION INCREASE OF SOME AMOUNT. I THINK THAT HEALTH CARE IN PARTICULAR HOSPITALS ARE GOING TO GET HURT.

I THINK JACKSON MEMORIAL, THE SOUTH DISTRICT, NORTH DISTRICT, SHAMS, ORLANDO REGIONAL, TAMPA GENERAL, ALL THE SAFETY NETS, THEY WILL GET HURT IN FUNDING, SOMETHING CALLED THE CRITICAL CARE FUND.

ALL THREE OF THOSE THAT MATTER TO US IN FLORIDA, BROWARD HEALTH SOUTH PROPERTIES AND JACKSON MEMORIAL, WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED.

EVERYBODY ASKED ABOUT COMPACT, AS YOU KNOW, THE COURTS INVALIDATED THE COMPACT.

EVEN THOUGH THE TRIBE HAS BEEN FORCED TO SUSPEND THE SPORTS BOOK OPERATIONS AND THE $500 MILLION THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY TO THE STATE ANNUALLY WAS BASED ON THE REVENUE IN A BIG WAY THEY WERE GOING TO GET FROM THAT.

THEY HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE.

EVEN PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE LITIGATION TO PAY THE $500 MILLION TO FLORIDA.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT I'VE MISSED.

I THINK THEY'LL DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL ON WORKFORCE HOUSING.

I DON'T YET KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE.

I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME CHANCE THAT SOME LEVEL OF TAX ABATEMENT.

OR SOMETHING RELATED TO IMPACT FEES RELATED TO AFFORDABLE/WORKFORCE HOUSING WILL LIKELY BE CONSIDERED IN A SERIOUS WAY.

CAN I HANG ON ONE SECOND? WHAT I WHAT I LEAVE OUT? WE THINK YOU'RE VERY THOROUGH.

I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE OUTLINE, I WILL SAY ONE LAST THING.

THEY DON'T WANT CONTROVERSY.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET ENOUGH CONTROVERSY WITH REDISTRICTING.

THEY WILL TAKE UP AN ABORTION BILL.

IT WILL NOT BE A TEXAS STYLE ABORTION BILL.

I BELIEVE THAT SENATOR BOOK, WHO IS THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER, HAS MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE OUT OF THE TEXAS BILL.

BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD YESTERDAY THEY BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI BILL.

WITH THE MISSISSIPPI STYLE APPROACH TO IT.

THAT'S A 15 WEEK ABORTION BILL, AND IT'S A 15 WEEK ABORTION BILL WITHOUT AN EXCEPTION FOR RAPE AND INCEST AND THE LIKE.

THAT WILL BE A VERY DIVISIVE, VERY UGLY DEBATE.

I ANTICIPATE A BILL PASSING ON ABORTION.

THE GOVERNOR WANTS IT.

LEGISLATIVE LEADERS WANT IT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE AISLE.

IT WILL GET TIED UP IN THE COURTS QUICKLY.

ABORTION CHOICE.

IT'S GOING TO BE TURNED ON ITS HEAD NATIONWIDE.

PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT THE SUPREME COURT WASN'T IMPORTANT FIVE YEARS AGO ARE LEARNING NOW THAT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING AND THEY LET SOME APPOINTMENTS, GET AWAY.

I AGAIN, THERE ARE LOTS OF ISSUES FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE, AND IN MY OPINION, WON'T SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTROVERSIAL.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO DO PASS CONTROVERSIAL BILLS.

I DO THINK FROM THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS PLEASURE, I DO.

THE GRANTS TO PASS THAT NORMALLY ARE COMPETITIVELY BID FROM THE CONTINUUMS AROUND THE STATE, AND I WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF US AND SUPPORT US UP THERE.

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I AM LOOKING TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING.

I AM GOING TO JUST MAKE A REQUEST FOR KEEPING TRACK OF THREE BILLS, PLEASE.

SENATE BILL EIGHT SEVEN SIX, WHICH IS RELATES TO STUNT DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR LOCAL ROADWAY.

SENATE BILL 476, WHICH RELATES TO AGGRESSIVE, CARELESS DRIVING AND ONE THAT MIGHT BE VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU IS SENATE BILL 258, WHICH RELATES TO RACING MOTOR VEHICLES.

ALL OF THESE BILLS MAY WIND UP GETTING INTERTWINED AND SCOOPED UP TOGETHER AND REWRITTEN, BUT THE BASIS OF THIS IS ALL REGARDING AGGRESSIVE DRIVING.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WHEELIES AND THE TRACK MARKS ON OUR STREETS, THE VERY NOISY CARS, CERTAIN OTHER THINGS, AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR BSO THE ABILITY AND CODE ABILITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

THE MATTER IS NOW WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE, SO THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY STAFF JUST LATE TODAY AND ASKING FOR MORE REVIEW OF IT LATER AND JUST KEEPING US POSTED, PLEASE. WE WILL BE SURE TO ADD IT TO OUR LIST OF BILLS WE MONITOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IN THE INTERIM, THERE IS NOW A QUESTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MS. LORA, THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT OR CHANGE OR ANYTHING REGARDING THE ORDINANCE THAT WE CREATED WAY BACK LAST YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAZAS AND COMPLEXES? SO IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT THAT.

THAT'S ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHERE WE DIRECTED PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHETHER IT'S GRANT PROGRAMS OR ANY KIND OF FUNDING PROGRAMS WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE POTENTIALLY OR APPLY AND RECEIVE FUNDING TO INSTALL THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PARKS AT OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES, SO THAT WHEN RESIDENTS COME TO ENJOY OUR PARKS AND WATCH THEIR KIDS PLAY, THEY CAN AT THE SAME TIME CHARGE THEIR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND GET INTO TO PROVIDE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SEEING, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YES.

AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO 5D, TR13726, AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE [INAUDIBLE] WITH

[5d. TR13726 - Authorize and Approve RLA with Broward County for Prospect Road Buffer Wall]

BROWARD COUNTY FOUR PROSPECT ROAD, BUFFALO.

AND BEFORE I ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO READ THE TITLE MR. BOOK AND A IF MS. BROWN IF YOU ARE LEAVING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND YOUR HARD WORK.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT! THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST SORRY, MAYOR, I JUST SAY ONE THING.

OUR WEEKLY REPORTS WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK.

THEY WILL GO TO LAURA AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE, AND THEY WILL GET DISTRIBUTED EACH OF YOU WEEKLY AS YOU GET THOSE REPORTS, IF YOU HAVE OTHER ISSUES YOU WANT US TO PAY ATTENTION TO. SIMPLY LET LAURA OR THE MANAGER KNOW THEY WILL LET US KNOW IF IT'S SIMPLY ADDING SOMETHING TO OUR WEEKLY REPORTS SO YOU GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THOSE ISSUES ARE.

BY ALL MEANS, LET US KNOW YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING IN THE NEWSPAPER.

YOU GOT A QUESTION.

GET IT TO LAURA. SHE WILL GET IT TO US.

WE WILL GET YOU A VERY TIMELY ANSWER.

OUR GOAL IS TO BE AS RESPONSIVE TO YOU AS YOU SHOULD EXPECT US TO BE, AND WE WILL, AS YOU ALWAYS ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, GUYS AND GALS.

STAY SAFE AND BE HEALTHY.

THANK YOU. SAME. THANK YOU.

BYE. ALL RIGHT.

CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE READ FIVE D FOR US, PLEASE.

YES, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IS A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ONE WITH BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PENDING APPROVAL AND EXECUTION BY BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE BUFFER WALL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTIES RIGHT AWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PROSPECT ROAD, BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE ON NORTHWEST TWENTY FIRST AVENUE AND ENDING APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE FEET WEST OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

CITY LIMITS WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TAKE ALL ACTION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT SAID AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I AM SEEKING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

I'M NOT SEEING ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.

AM I WRONG? WELL, I CAN'T TELL HALF THE TIME YOU GUYS DON'T TURN THE THING OFF, SO IT'S

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COMMISSIONER BOLTON. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS ITEM.

CAN I GET JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS? YES. JOHN DOHERTY IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO PROVIDE THAT BACKGROUND.

JOHN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, JOHN DOUGHERTY, ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.

THIS IS AN AGREEMENT, A REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

THIS THIS IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH OUR PROPOSED BUFFER LAW PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE ADJACENT TO TAMARAC LAKES ONE AND TWO, AND ALSO THE NATURE PRESERVE THAT'S IN THE CENTER OF THOSE TWO PROPERTIES.

A PORTION OF THAT WALL WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY RIGHT AWAY.

AND THIS AGREEMENT JUST ESTABLISHES OUR MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WALL.

SINCE THE WALL, A PORTION OF THE WALL WILL BE LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD DOCUMENT WE'VE WE'VE DONE ON SEVERAL OTHER THINGS, LIKE OUR OUR GATEWAY ENTRANCE SIGNS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THE FUNDING CAME FROM BROWARD COUNTY, NOT THE CITY CORRECT? THERE'S NO FUNDING ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THIS IS JUST AN AGREEMENT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO GET PERMISSION TO HAVE A PORTION OF THE BUFFER WALL LOCATED WITHIN THERE RIGHT AWAY.

BROWARD COUNTY OWNS AND MAINTAINS PROSPECT ROAD, WHICH IS THERE RIGHT AWAY AND AGAIN A PORTION OF THE WALL WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THERE RIGHT AWAY, AND THIS IS JUST A REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTING US PERMISSION TO BE IN THERE RIGHT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SEEING, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE'RE MOVING TO OUR ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

[7a. TO2474 - Revision Ordinance Chapter 7, Section 7-30 entitled Fire Alarms]

WE ARE AT 7A TO2474.

REVISION ORDINANCE CHAPTER SEVEN, SECTION 7-30 ENTITLED FIRE ALARMS, CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, REMOVING SECTION 7-30, AND TITLED FIRE ALARMS PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVE. SECOND.

FIRE MARSHAL TOMMY DIMOPOULOS IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP AS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING.

IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ASSUMING NOBODY DOES PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

AND NOW I AM ALSO NOT SEEING ANYBODY FROM THE COMMISSIONER WISHING TO SPEAK CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES.

AND VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO EXCELLENT.

7B TO2491 SPECIALTY AUTOMOTIVE TREATMENTS INC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TEXT AMENDMENT CITY

[7b. TO2491 - Specialty Automotive Treatments, Inc. - Land Development Code Text Amendment]

CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE.

YES, MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO SECTION TEN-SIX POINT TWO NINE G OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING TEXT IN THE VEHICLE SERVICE AND REPAIR MINOR DEFINITION MINOR INTERIOR VEHICLE REPAIR INSTALLATIONS, INCLUDING PREFABRICATED PARTS, AUDIO EQUIPMENT WITH INTENT, VEHICLE CRAPS AND SEAT COVERS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF MACHINERY OR THE VEHICLE LEFT VEHICLE LIFT TO INSTALL.

I WOULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ALTHOUGH THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS WAS SUBMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF A PARTICULAR IF YOU'LL GIVE US ONE SECOND, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE DEMONSTRATING THE NOISE ISSUES COMING FROM CERTAIN CARS OR MOTORCYCLES THAT WOULD LIKE TO REV AND COULD BE HEARD FROM FAR AWAY, EVEN THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL DOORS AND ALL THE WAY BACK HERE. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE START AGAIN.

YES, I WAS SAYING THAT THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR THIS TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WAS SUBMITTED BY SPECIALTY AUTOMOTIVE TREATMENTS INC. ITS APPLICATION IS CITY WIDE, AND THEREFORE THAT IS WHY IT IS CONSIDERED CONSIDERED TO BE A LEGISLATIVE ITEM, NOT A QUASI JUDICIAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING BEFORE YOU CAN THEN TAKE UP FOR CONSIDERATION ITEM EIGHT A..

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND SINCE WE ARE KEEPING THEM SEPARATE, WE ARE NOT DOING ANY SWEARING IN OR ANY KIND OF DISCLOSURE AT THIS TIME.

CORRECT? THANK YOU. CORRECT.

OK, EXCELLENT.

NOW I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. IT'S OUR MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY AVAILABLE, AND WE ALSO HAVE

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MAXINE CALLOWAY AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS ON SECOND READING.

IS THERE A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, AND THEREFORE I WILL CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES, VICE MAYOR GELIN YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES.

AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YEAH.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. NOW MOVING ON TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, 8A, TB049.

[8a. TBO49 - Specialty Automotive Treatments, Inc.- Special Exception]

SPECIALTY AUTOMOTIVE TREATMENTS INC SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

TO HELP FIGHT HIT THE RED BUTTON, I'M SORRY.

THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING ITEM.

THIS PETITION, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A MINOR VEHICLE SERVICE AND REPAIR FACILITY AND MAKE MIXED USE CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT.

IF YOU WOULD NOW PLEASE REVIEW THE RULES OF QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS AND SWEAR ON ANYONE WHO PLANS TO SPEAK. BEAR WITH ME.

ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN.

THE PETITIONER IN ANY AFFECTED PERSONS SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINE ANY WITNESSES AND REBUT ANY TESTIMONY.

ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON BY REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PERSONS IN THE CONDUCT OF THEIR BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE, WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW. HOWEVER, IMMATERIAL OR UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS AN ARGUMENT AND NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY. COUNSEL FOR PARTIES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.

THE BOARD OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE.

HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHALL NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL IF AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST, PARTY SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CROSS EXAMINATION WHEN TESTIMONIES PROVIDE OR DOCUMENTS FROM ANY PART OF THE RECORD. THE PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN AN INFORMAL MANNER AND GENERALLY THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION IS FOLLOWS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE PETITIONER OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ARE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION IF THE PETITIONER CHOOSES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

IT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE PETITION IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO OR BY THE CITY.

IN ADDITION, THE PETITIONER SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES THEREAFTER.

STAFF PRESENTS ITS REPORT THAT THAT REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER AND ANALYSIS, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF APPLICABLE, AND WHETHER THE PETITIONER, THE PETITIONER DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE.

A LISTING OF THE EXHIBITS TO BE PRESENTED IN THE LISTING OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES.

A SUMMARY OF THE ISSUES AND STAFF AND BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THESE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE SPECIFIC FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF JUSTIFYING A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE PETITION.

PARTIES ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION SHALL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

THEREAFTER, THE PARTIES SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES THEREAFTER.

THE NEXT PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION AND CITY PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE SHALL PROVIDE RESPONSES TO ANY PARTY.

THE PROCEEDINGS FINAL PRESENTATIONS BY THE PETITIONER AND CITY STAFF AND RESPONSE TO ANY TESTIMONY FROM OTHER PARTIES.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE AND THE PETITION AND NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL NOT ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS. PERSONS PRESENTING TESTIMONY THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING AND VOTE ON THE PETITION.

THAT INCLUDES INCLUDING ANY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL NOW GO DOWN THE LINE AND ASK FOR ANY DISCLOSURES, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, NONE.

VICE MAYOR GELIN.

I MET WITH THE OWNER AT HIS OFFICE OR STORE LOCATION.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

NONE. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I TOO MET WITH THE OWNER AT THE LOCATION.

THANK YOU. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER AND WITH THE ATTORNEY VIA TELEPHONE.

AT THIS TIME, I NOW NEED A MOTION.

OKAY, LET'S SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES THAT MAY BE GIVING TESTIMONY HERE THIS EVENING.

OK, THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY GIVE TESTIMONY CAN STAND AND RAISE THE RIGHT HAND.

AND THAT'S INCLUDING STAFF THAT MAY BE ATTENDING VIA ZOOM.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THE WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVE. SECOND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. POLYAKOV, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION YOU WISH TO MAKE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER.

I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WHILE MR. GEORGE APPRECIATES MY ADVOCACY, THE COMMISSION WILL MOST CERTAINLY ENJOY AND PREFER MY

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BREVITY. SO I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I'M GOING TO HAND OUT.

BUT I WILL GO THROUGH IT IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES AND MAY EVEN SKIP THE COMPLETE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

BUT THE ONLY REASON I'M HANDING THIS TO YOU IS I WANT YOU TO SEE THE ARTISTIC DRAWINGS THAT JUST CAME OUT OF WHAT HE'S TURNING THIS PLACE INTO.

IT'S NOT BEFORE YOU AND WILL NEVER COME BEFORE YOU, SO AT LEAST I WANT YOU TO SEE IT WHILE WE'RE STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO THANK YOU.

IT'S UP. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN LIGHTNING SPEED MAYOR.

RALPH GEORGE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE OWNED SPECIALTY AUTOMOTIVE FOR WELL OVER 40 YEARS.

RALPH TOOK OVER THE COMPANY FROM HIS LATE FATHER, AND IT'S A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS.

ALWAYS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, OFF SUNRISE, THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL SHOWROOM THERE WITH A BUILDING IN THE REAR.

HE SOLD EVERYTHING TO MOVE TO TAMARAC AND BOUGHT A NEW PROPERTY IN TAMARAC, WHICH HE AND HIS FAMILY IS SPENDING OVER $6 MILLION TO RENOVATE FOR THIS BUSINESS.

THE ONLY REASON THIS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE AS PART OF HIS BUSINESS, HE CHANGES THE RIM SIZE OF VEHICLES.

PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY, I WANT BIGGER TIRES ON MY CAR.

HE'S NOT A TIRE SALE SHOP AT ALL.

ALL HE DOES IS REPLACES THE RIM AND THEN FITS THE PROPER TIRE TO THAT RIM.

BUT BECAUSE HE DOES THAT SERVICE STAFF SAID, WELL, THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

SO THAT IS THE NECESSITY FOR BEING HERE FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT KNOW THIS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT 3705 WEST COMMERCIAL.

IT'S ALMOST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY.

IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS TODAY.

THIS IS AN ARTISTIC RENDERING OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS.

PERMITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO AN INITIALLY FENCE OFF THE PROPERTY.

THERE IS A HOMELESSNESS ISSUE IN THAT AREA THAT RALPH HAS BEEN DEALING WITH AND HAS TOLD INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UTILIZING THAT PROPERTY THAT HE'S COMING IN AND CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. AND SO THIS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS UPGRADE TO THIS ENTIRE CORRIDOR.

AGAIN, WE'RE HERE FOR THE QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

WE MEET ALL THE CRITERIA OF THE CODE THAT'S ALL IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS.

I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF REAL QUICK THINGS.

AGAIN, THE BLUE STAR IS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, IT'S RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF NORTH LAUDERDALE AND TAMARAC.

IT'S ONE OF THE LAST PROPERTIES ACTUALLY IN TAMARAC.

HE CHOSE IT BECAUSE THE PROXIMITY TO THE TURNPIKE HE EMPLOYS OVER 50 EMPLOYEES IS WHAT THE GOAL IS TO GET TO RIGHT NOW WITH COVID, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES AND HE WANTS THEM ALL TO BE LOCAL.

HE'S LOOKING FOR TAMARAC PEOPLE THAT HE CAN TRAIN WHO LIVE NEAR THE PLACE OF BUSINESS, THAT HE CAN HAVE THERE AND GROW AS PART OF HIS FAMILY TO GROW HIS BUSINESS.

SOME OTHER ARTISTIC RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE FUTURE BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE AT THAT CORNER.

WHICH FOR ANY OF YOU WHO VISITED THE SUNRISE SHOP, IT HAS A LOT OF THE SAME GLASS AND LOOK AND FEEL AS THAT SITE DOES THERE.

UM, IT TELLS AGAIN THE CRITERIA FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WE MEET ALL THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMP PLAN, THE CODE, WE HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF VEHICLES THAT SPECIALTY AUTO HAS WORKED ON, IT'S ACTUALLY ALSO YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF THEIR OLD FACILITY AND THAT ONE THAT THEY SOLD IN ORDER TO RELOCATE TO SUNRISE TO TAMARAC FROM SUNRISE BOULEVARD.

CUSTOMIZATION, THEY DO WRAPS.

THEY DO WINDOW TINTING.

THEY DO UPHOLSTERY.

THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDINGS.

AND VERY HIGH END IN EXOTIC VEHICLES, NOT OFF THE STREET TRAFFIC.

THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO MAKE APPOINTMENTS, MOSTLY CAR DEALERSHIPS WHO ACTUALLY ARE THE CLIENTS FOR HIM.

SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT HE IS INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO COME TO TAMARAC TO MAKE THIS HIS NEW HOME, AND AGAIN, HE'S ALREADY SUBMITTED PERMITS TO START THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO GET THE GET GOING IN HIS NEWS FACILITY.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR COMMISSION, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE ANY

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COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

THIS MATTER IS NOW CLOSED AND I WILL GO TO MY COMMISSION.

I SEE CITY ATTORNEY, DID YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST? I THINK THAT STAFF WILL JUST MAKE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THEIR STAFF REPORT.

ALL RIGHTY. THEN STAFF, PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WE JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE CRITERIA AS OUTLINED IN THE CODE.

SUBJECT, OF COURSE, TO FOUR CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR BACKUP AND IN YOUR MEMORANDUM THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

WOW, THAT WAS A GOOD SHORT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THE FIRST PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER IS VICE MAYOR GELIN.

I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND JUST WANT TO REQUEST AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE POWERPOINT THAT YOU JUST SHOWED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. OH, SORRY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND CITY ATTORNEY, YOUR LIGHT IS LIT AGAIN. NO. OK. SORRY.

OK. A GOOD EVENING, ATTORNEY POLYAKOV, DID YOU MENTION THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE FENCED IN OR NO? IT'S GOING TO BE, RALPH YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? THE CURRENTLY IS A FENCE PERMIT THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN THE FUTURE SECURITY.

HELLO, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO WE WANTED TO HAVE A SECURED PROPERTY.

RIGHT NOW IT'S OPEN TO PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH.

THERE'S A PUBLIC STORAGE FACILITY ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS HAVE A NICE, SECURE FENCE COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BENTLEY DEALERSHIP ON SUNRISE BOULEVARD, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

AND JUST TO KEEP IT SECURE SO THAT ANY VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT ARE SAFE.

THERE WILL BE SOME EXPOSED PARKING ON THE FRONT END, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PLANNING AND WHAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR OR WHAT I'VE ASKED MY CONTRACTOR TO APPLY FOR IS A FENCE THAT WILL BEGIN BEFORE THE DOORS THAT ARE ON THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING SO THAT ONLY THE FACADE OF THAT BUILDING IS EXPOSED AND ABOUT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 30 PARKING SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE OPEN, NOT FENCED IN.

OK. AND JUST REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE.

MS. CALLAWAY IN THE PAST, WE'VE ASKED BUSINESS OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT FENCES, BUT WITH A WALL THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WALLS THAT WE'RE BUILDING AROUND THE CITY.

ARE WE REQUESTING THAT OF THE APPLICANT OR THAT IS NOT A POINT OF CONTENTION NOW.

COMMISSIONER, THAT WILL BE A POINT OF CONSIDERATION, JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES MINOR [INAUDIBLE] REVIEW, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO STAFF FOR REVIEW BEFORE ANY BUILDING PERMITS ARE ISSUED, SO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED DURING OUR REVIEW PROCESS. OK, IF YOU CAN JUST BRING THE APPLICANT UP TO SPEED WITH THAT CONSIDERATION IN THE PAST.

MAYBE THAT WOULD BE COULD BE A POINT OF CONSIDERATION NOT TO BE NOT TO PLACE A LOT OF BURDEN ON THE APPLICANT, BUT THAT AREA THAT CORRIDOR IS IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT RESIDENTS, SO THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY AGREE.

AND RALPH OR MR. POLIAKOFF, WHAT ABOUT SECURITY FOR THE BUILDING? YOU WON'T ANSWER THAT, TOO. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? SECURITY SYSTEM SECURITY SYSTEM? WELL, THERE WAS EXISTING ALARM SYSTEM IN PLACE, FIRE SYSTEM IN PLACE, WHICH WE'VE CURRENTLY MOVED OVER TO OUR SECURITY ALARM PROVIDER.

SO I MEANT LIKE CAMERAS ON THE OUTSIDE OR OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'LL BE CAMERAS BLANKETING EVERY CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL BE RETROFITTING THE BUILDING TO BE 100 PERCENT LED LIGHTING, AS WELL AS A TON OF EXTERIOR LIGHTING.

ADDITIONALLY, SO THAT THERE'S GOOD VISIBILITY IF A WALL IS A REQUIREMENT, CERTAINLY I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND CONSIDER IT.

BUT EYE VISIBILITY FOR VISIBILITY PURPOSES SO THAT WHAT WE'VE FOUND IN OUR IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY BEING CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN.

ANYTHING THAT PROVIDES COVER A WALL, AN OBSTRUCTION IS USUALLY A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING CAN HIDE. AND I, FOR THE SAKE OF MY EMPLOYEES WHO OFTENTIMES GET BACK FROM FROM LATE NIGHT RUNS, PICKING UP A VEHICLE DOWN IN HOMESTEAD OR PICKING UP A VEHICLE IN PALM BEACH IF THEY'RE COMING BACK, I THE LIGHTING IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP AS MANY VISIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS OUT, IF I CAN, WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TO COMPLY, THOUGH, I'LL CERTAINLY DO.

OF COURSE, WHEN I WHEN I MENTIONED A WALL IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SOLID WALL, BUT IT'S

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JUST THE WHAT YOU CALL THE POST AND THEN THE FENCE THAT CONNECTS TO THE TO THE TO THE POLES. BUT I GUESS MS. CALLOWAY WILL BRING THAT CONSIDERATION UP.

SURE. AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM IF IT'S NOT JUST IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUR BUSINESS IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE IT PRETTY FOR EVERYBODY TO FOR SURE WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO COMPLY. BUT BUT YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH TO THE COMMENTS OR WHATEVER YOU NEED. OK.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF EXOTIC EXOTIC CARS, YOU KNOW, IN THE AT THE SPACE.

THOSE CARS ARE NOT GOING TO BE TURNED ON TESTED MUFFLERS GOING LOUD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS.

CORRECT. WE DON'T DO ANY ENGINE WORK OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT KIND OF TESTING.

THE ONLY KIND OF TESTING WE DO IS IF WE TAKE A CAR ON A TEST DRIVE FOR VEHICLE ALIGNMENT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE OR WHEEL BALANCING.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

BUT WE DON'T DO.

YEAH, WE DON'T. WE DON'T DO PERFORMANCE UPGRADES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

OK. AND ALL THE WORK WILL BE DONE INSIDE AS OPPOSED TO OUTSIDE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

AND THERE IS LAND TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING.

ARE YOU PLANNING TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND AT SOME POINT OR? CURRENTLY DON'T? IT'S NICE THAT IT'S THERE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT PLANS TO DO IT.

MY MY SOLE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS APPLYING FOR OUR PERMITS, GETTING THOSE APPROVED AND GETTING OUR RENOVATIONS COMPLETE SO WE CAN START BUSINESS AND TAMARAC.

BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS? OKAY. AND MS. CALLAWAY, KRISTIN REQUEST FOR YOU.

CAN I KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION IS IN OUR BACKUP? BUT CAN YOU STATE THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE RECORD? JUST VERBALLY, PLEASE? OR MY PLEASURE? THE FIRST ONE? THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT SERVE AS VEHICLES IN A MANNER THAT IS VISIBLE IN THE FRONT SET BACK AREA. NUMBER TWO, THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT STORE OR DISPLAY DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT ANY TIME.

NUMBER THREE, THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT STORE OR DISPLAY ANY VEHICLES FOR SALE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT ANY TIME AND FOUR THE APPLICANT SHALL AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AN APPLICATION FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL TO UPGRADE THE LANDSCAPING, THE DRAINAGE, PARKING AND FACADE DESIGN OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER APPROVAL FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS. OKAY, I BOAST TO MY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER CITIES ANY TIME OF BUSINESS MOVES FROM THEIR CITY TO TAMARAC.

AND SO WHEN YOUR BUSINESS MOVES TO TAMARAC, I'LL CERTAINLY BOAST ON YOUR BUSINESS MOVING TO OUR CITY. RALPH, YOU'RE A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND YOUR ATTORNEY TOO, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND ALL THE SUCCESSES IN THE WORLD.

AND I WELCOME YOU TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC PENDING THE VOTE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOING TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

SO I'LL BE ECHOING A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAD.

FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME AND I'VE HAD A FEW FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD THEIR VEHICLES DELIVERED BY YOU GUYS.

AND IF THEY WERE TO GIVE YOU A 10 STAR OUT OF FIVE AT THE MOST YOU CAN GIVE ON GOOGLE, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A 10.

SO WE EXPECT AND I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US, THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM AND QUALITY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN FORT LAUDERDALE TO THOSE AREAS.

ONCE YOU MOVE OPEN DOORS AND MY NEXT QUESTION, SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS ASKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE THAT PARTIAL THEIR MS. CALLAWAY, HOW EASY WOULD IT BE FOR ANYONE TO EXPAND? LET'S SAY THEY WANTED TO EXPAND.

IS THAT A VERY, YOU KNOW, TEDIOUS PROCESS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ACQUIRING THAT LAND UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING.

I'M NOT SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT IT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT I HAD BECAUSE THAT PIECE OF PARCEL IS JUST AWKWARD.

AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY THIN.

SO UNLESS THE LAUNDROMAT OR THE SPECIALTY PLACE, IT'S GOING TO BE ACQUIRING IT.

IS IT A VERY TEDIOUS PROCESS OR IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO BE A COMMISSION THING? YEAH, THEY WOULD FIRST, OF COURSE, HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY FROM THE CURRENT OWNER, AND THEN ANY EXPANSION WOULD NOT BE PROBLEMATIC.

IT WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN, SO THAT SIDE PLAN WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. AND WELCOME.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO. THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOUR REPUTATION DOES PRECEDE YOU, AND YOU WILL BE A VERY WELCOME

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ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU. SO AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE ALL VERY HAPPY THAT WE WILL PROBABLY BE VOTING IN FAVOR IN A FEW MOMENTS AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE VOTE, WHICH BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY TRYING TO HAVE YOU EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS TO A PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS IT YET. BUT ANYWAY, WE THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT AND THE DESIRE TO MOVE TO OUR CITY AND SEEING HOW GREAT OUR CITY REALLY IS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE UNDERSTAND YOU WANT A GREAT BUSINESS, WANTS TO COME INTO A GREAT CITY AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE WILL OFFICIALLY DO SO AFTER WE GET THIS ACTUALLY APPROVED.

SO, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

VICE MAYOR GELIN YES.

MR. BOLTON. YES, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

OFFICIALLY WELCOME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. GET HOME SAFELY.

WE HAVE A THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE THE LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT, IT IS 10A CITY

[10a. City Commission Questions/Direction to the City Manager or the City Attorney]

COMMISSION QUESTIONS DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY ATTORNEY COMMISSIONER BOLTON. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THIS ITEM? NO, MADAM MAYOR. I'M HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE HAVING ANY ITEMS FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY. THEREFORE, AT EIGHT FIFTY ONE P.M., OUR FIRST MEETING BACK FOR THE CITY FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

EXCELLENT WORK, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GET HOME SAFELY. GOOD NIGHT! MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.